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I would urge everyone to not look at this sans dams. It is definitely a dam-related disaster for the following main reasons:
1) Chopra Committee report, which analysed the 2013 Kedarnath disaster, mentioned how damaged dams cause further damage downstream.
I would urge everyone to not look at this sans dams. It is definitely a dam-related disaster for the following main reasons:
1) Chopra Committee report, which analysed the 2013 Kedarnath disaster, mentioned how damaged dams cause further damage downstream.
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This is because the debris from the damaged dams, increases the force of the flood waters. This means flood water, mixed with debris is absolutely disastrous for downstream areas.
This is because the debris from the damaged dams, increases the force of the flood waters. This means flood water, mixed with debris is absolutely disastrous for downstream areas.
2) Today, Rishiganga dam was damaged. 50 construction workers are missing. The flood waters with the debris from the dam headed downstream to Dhauli Ganga river, where 100 construction workers working on Tapovan dam project are missing. (Bodies are being recovered).
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Spoke to D P Dobhal, former glaciologist at Dehradun's Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology. He said:
-Lake formation happened for sure, which eventually breached today and caused the floods.
Spoke to D P Dobhal, former glaciologist at Dehradun's Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology. He said:
-Lake formation happened for sure, which eventually breached today and caused the floods.
Dobhal contd:
-There could be a few possibilities of how the lake was formed:
1) the heavy sediments in the flood waters show that an avalanche could have happened, which would've have dammed the river waters. Glacier debris could also have added to the damming.
-There could be a few possibilities of how the lake was formed:
1) the heavy sediments in the flood waters show that an avalanche could have happened, which would've have dammed the river waters. Glacier debris could also have added to the damming.
Dobhal contd:
2) It could have been a GLOF. Only further investigation can confirm.
2) It could have been a GLOF. Only further investigation can confirm.
